WikiLeaks Under DDoS Attack As Preparing To Publish New Revelations

[Alboguy]

Controversial whistleblower website WikiLeaks is reporting that it’s under a “mass distributed denial of service attack” just as its much-hyped leak of secret embassy cables has been leaked early on Twitter.

According to a tweet from the website’s official TwitterTwitteraccount, WikiLeaksWikileaks is experiencing a DDoS attack. The reported attackers are not yet known. Several reports state that the website has been experiencing intermittent downtime. We are currently attempting to verify that Wikileaks is indeed under attack.

The attack comes just hours before the site is set to release thousands of new secret U.S. documents. Those classified documents reportedly contain secret and embarrassing cables sent by the State Department. U.S. diplomats have been briefing foreign leaders about what could be in those documents in an attempt to minimize the potential damage (Update: the leak is out).

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[Ceyfer √]

Wikileaks? what's the use of it?

Those classified documents reportedly contain secret and embarrassing cables sent by the State Department. U.S. diplomats have been briefing foreign leaders about what could be in those documents in an attempt to minimize the potential damage

If its indeed classified, DDOS is a necessary dose of reality.

[hellnoire]

Wikileaks? what's the use of it?
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If its indeed classified, DDOS is a necessary dose of reality.

And if it's a free country, then why must they classify documents that have to deal with Canada in ways that SHOULD be trivial?

After all, one of the leaked documents is commenting on our (Canada's) Defense Minster's willingness to pull out of Afghanistan.

So classified or not, I support WikiLeaks and what they're doing. They're making the public aware of the scandals, the bribes, the controversy. If you don't see a point to it, that's fine and well: keep in mind though, not every lawmaker and not every law is as straight and narrow as you might think.

My province is moving to show off which government AND Native American reserve chiefs are making more then $100k per year. Which is one of the wisest things they can do, especially since there was one recently that walked away with nearly a million dollars last year, tax-free.

So you may think what you want, but I'm all for seeing the corrupt fall. And WikiLeaks has shown quite a few things that show what exactly the corrupt are up to.

[jj1two3]

That is what happens when you have a lot of dirty laundry. Its not going to come clean all by itself.

[Boyfriend]

I totally agree with hellnoire. I also support WikiLeaks.

[Ceyfer √]

So, that's the point of having Wikileaks? I'm not really surprise of the contents, and I just recently saw the site...long time ago I've been seeing same real stories, scandals and scenarios. Well, the new medium has just made whistle-blower's life more easier than a decade ago, at least it is American. Do it inside the former Soviet Union, NoKor and China and seriously, it is another story. Apart from reading some news, there's a sudden saturation of information here. Maybe some people are just playing tricks and stunts. Oh, memr's of my cold war antics are kicking again.

Exactly 251,287 pieces of data from 250 US embassies and consulates was released yesterday by WikiLeaks, and while none of the information was particularly shocking, it's been described as the largest intelligence leak in history. Here's how it happened:

According to The Guardian, which was one of the chosen publications by WikiLeaks to help spread the information, the cables were copied from the defence department's Siprnet network by a 22-year-old soldier, Bradley Manning, who was working at an army base near Baghdad.

Thanks for the news and the opinions. I had a good read while having my coffee break. Another classic hacking incident with ignominious topic. In general perspectives: politics and nation's interest matters, in reality it is a big game where collateral damage also do exist.

[hellnoire]

So, that's the point of having Wikileaks? I'm not really surprise of the contents, and I just recently saw the site...long time ago I've been seeing same real stories, scandals and scenarios. Well, the new medium has just made whistle-blower's life more easier than a decade ago, at least it is American. Do it inside the former Soviet Union, NoKor and China and seriously, it is another story. Apart from reading some news, there's a sudden saturation of information here. Maybe some people are just playing tricks and stunts. Oh, memr's of my cold war antics are kicking again.
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Thanks for the news and the opinions. I had a good read while having my coffee break. Another classic hacking incident with ignominious topic. In general perspectives: politics and nation's interest matters, in reality it is a big game where collateral damage also do exist.

The same stories with different impacts. Some of this stuff shouldn't have been classified. Some of it should be reported if you ask me.

And WikiLeaks checks to make sure that things are true before they leak apparently, but I don't see how one could.

[johnshaw1917]

Well, the new medium has just made whistle-blower's life more easier than a decade ago, at least it is American.

As a US citizen, I find this whole business rather embarrassing. How can my government expect other countries to trust it with secrets, when there are whistle blowers willing to compromise security for whatever reason. My only hope is that this doesn't cause irrepairable harm.

[hellnoire]

As a US citizen, I find this whole business rather embarrassing. How can my government expect other countries to trust it with secrets, when there are whistle blowers willing to compromise security for whatever reason. My only hope is that this doesn't cause irrepairable harm.

Keep in mind what I brought up too: there are a few trivial documents that should never been classified in there.

Whistleblowers, imo, keeps the corrupt out. If it makes a place look insecure after, well, it wasn't secure enough to begin with.

[johnshaw1917]

If it makes a place look insecure after, well, it wasn't secure enough to begin with.

A word to the wise then, don't entrust anything confidential to the US government, because they can't keep anything secret!